In Matera, we can observe how men have been able, over the centuries, to coexist with the landscape, indulging nature without distorting it.” ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreBrief synthesis Located in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera comprises a complex of houses, churches, ...

UNESCO named Matera a World Heritage Site in 1993, and then came the alberghi diffusi – hotels made of rehabbed dwellings scattered throughout the city. Ancient cave homes were cleaned ...

Take in the mesmerizing landscapes of Basilicata with this captivating drone footage. Fly over the ancient city of Matera, the rugged peaks of the Lucanian Apennines, and the serene coastline of ...

Matera’s obscurity ended in 1945, when the Italian artist and author Carlo Levi published his memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli, about his year of political exile in Basilicata under the Fascists.

Matera, in southern Italy’s Basilicata region, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993; UNESCO described it as the “most outstanding, intact example of a troglodyte settlement in ...

Nor is Matera without its rivals for the title of New Jerusalem. Ouarzazate, in Morocco, is the warm stone citadel of The Last Temptation of Christ, Kingdom of Heaven and Babel.

Matera, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata, has been chosen the European Capital of Culture in 2019. Festivals and exhibitions will be going on throughout the year.